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Thursday, 28 August 2008
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Pakistani lawyers to press government
Pakistani lawyers were set to launch protests on Thursday pressing the government to reinstate judges purged by former president Pervez Musharraf, as militants attacked police in the northwest, killing 11 people.
28 Aug 2008 |
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Thai protesters defy order to leave PM's compound
Thousands of anti-government protesters defied a court order to leave Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's official compound on Thursday as the group's leaders vowed to stay until his administration fell.
28 Aug 2008 |
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Split looms in Pakistani coalition government
Pakistan's governing coalition was due to hold make-or-break talks on Friday to save the alliance between the country's two main parties, as concern grew that squabbling was keeping them from tackling critical problems.
22 Aug 2008 |
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Defiant junta to form new Mauritanian government
Mauritania's coup leaders have announced they will appoint a government to run the country until new elections, defying international demands to reinstate the first democratically elected president.
09 Aug 2008 |
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Official confirms looking at stamp duty
The government confirmed on Thursday that a property tax is one of the tools it may use to try to kick-start the country's sliding housing market.
08 Aug 2008 |
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Record borrowing ups heat on Brown
Fiscal rules may have to be relaxed after data on Friday showed public borrowing at record levels, threatening to breach the restrictions the government set itself on how much debt it can take on.
18 Jul 2008 |
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Govt blasted over carbon emissions
The government's record in cutting its own emissions of planet-warming gases was "extremely poor", a cross-party panel of politicians said on Monday.
14 Jul 2008 |
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Government scrambles to fight knife crime
Britons convicted of carrying knives will be made to visit hospital emergency wards in an attempt to confront them with the reality of stab wounds, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said on Sunday.
14 Jul 2008 |
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Pakistan government set on stopping bombers
The leader of Pakistan's ruling party said on Monday the people behind a suicide bomb attack on police that killed 15 people the previous day were trying to create chaos and his government would do everything to stop them.
07 Jul 2008 |
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